saz 
(săz)
(săz)n. pl. saz·es
Any of various related stringed instruments of Turkey and neighboring regions.
[Turkish saz, from Ottoman Turkish sāz, from Persian sāz, kit, accoutrements, harmony, musical instrument, from sākhtan, sāz-, to make, construct; akin to Sanskrit śaknoti, he is able, and Old Norse haga, to arrange.]